For most JC and IB students, small-group tuition is the better option. You get a similar amount of the tutor’s attention for less money, and you learn things when other students answer, which would not have been possible if you were studying alone. However, private tuition has its own perks and is worth paying for in specific situations, such as …
Neither format is better across the board. Online suits students who are already fairly organised and are losing real time to travel. In person suits students who need someone in the room to keep them on track. What decides your grade is the tutor, the class size and how much marked practice you do, not whether you sit in a …
Thrive by The Business Times asked me whether a graduate today could afford the commitments I made in my twenties. The honest answer is no — and the reason is the same piece of arithmetic I teach every week. Featured in: Thrive by The Business Times · View the feature In my twenties I owned a car and a private …
Every year I teach students from the most selective JCs who finish with a C, and students from schools with far lower cut-off points who finish with an A. After 26 years of teaching Economics, this has stopped surprising me. Economics is not a subject where being quick gets you very far. It rewards students who understand mechanisms well enough …
Despite starting salaries jumping by 35% to 40% over the last decade, there is widespread anxiety among young adults in Singapore that they are financially falling behind. Our Principal Tutor, Kelvin Hong, was recently interviewed on Money FM 89.3 with Hongbin Jeong to break down the real-world economics of inflation, housing, and the true cost of living. If you have …
In Singapore, you can study Economics through three main pathways: Junior College (the GCE A-Level), Polytechnic, or the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma. JC Economics is the most theoretical and exam-based, Poly Economics is the most practical and industry-focused, and IB Economics balances the two with a global perspective. So the right choice depends far less on which is “best” and …
The International Baccalaureate Economics course has undergone a quiet revolution. The demands of the modern syllabus, a relentless climb in exam difficulty, and a workload that now outstrips most A-Level specifications—more syllabus topics, three exam papers instead of two, and three additional internally assessed commentaries—have completely changed the game. Students who wait until Year 2 to seek support almost always …
Let’s be brutally honest: for most Higher Level (HL) students, IB Economics Paper 3 is the monster under the bed. Unlike Paper 1 (which tests your essay writing) or Paper 2 (which tests your data response skills), Paper 3 is the “Policy Paper.” It requires a unique, high-pressure blend of quantitative mathematical skills, theoretical knowledge, and the ability to formulate …
Let’s be brutally honest: under the intense time pressure of your A-Level or IB Economics papers, your diagrams are usually the first things to get sloppy. Curves look like squiggles, axes are left unlabelled, and equilibrium points are vaguely marked. But here is the hard truth from examiners: A missing or poorly drawn diagram can instantly cap your essay marks. …
Most JC students don’t struggle to find universities for Economics. They struggle to choose between options that all seem “good” or “best” on paper. The short answer is that there is no single best option for everyone. The best university for you depends on how you learn, how strong your fundamentals are, and what kind of Economics you want to …
